Evil Quote by Richard M. Weaver

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

— Voltaire

Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.

— Agnes Repplier

optimism is a disease

— Salman Rushdie

Optimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Jeannette Walls

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral laws, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness.

— Agnes Repplier

Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them to commit the very…

— Rebecca West

Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is…

— Ambrose Bierce

OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is…

— Ambrose Bierce